Ten Habits

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Ten Habits
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Discover Real Contentment
Exodus 2017
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Exodus 2017
Do not covet your neighbors house. Do not covet
your neighbors wife, male or female servant, ox
or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns.
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Coveting is the uncontrolled desire to acquire
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1 Corinthians 69-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind,
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1 Corinthians 69-10
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
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Coveting is a seed sin
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Genesis 36
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her and he did eat.
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Coveting is the root of
lying (2 Kings 522-25) theft (Joshua
721) domestic troubles (Prov. 1527) murder
(Ezekiel 2212) lust (1 Timothy 69) greed
(Proverbs 119) envy (Titus 33) jealousy (1
Corinthians 33)
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I was never meant for the spotlight of public
life. Here ruining people is considered sport.
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to desire with the intent to own something that
can never be rightfully yours
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1 Timothy 610
For the love of money is at the root of all kinds
of evil. And some people, craving money, have
wandered from the faith and pierced themselves
with many sorrows.
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effects of always wanting more
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fatigue
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Proverbs 234
Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to
get rich.
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debt
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Ecclesiastes 511
The more you have, the more you spend, right up
to the limits of your income, so what is the
advantage of wealth except perhaps to watch it
as it runs through your fingers!
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worry
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Ecclesiastes 512
Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at
least they can get a good night's sleep. The
rich, however, have so much that they stay awake
worrying.
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conflict
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James 41
Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isnt
it because you are full of selfish desires that
fight to control your body?
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dissatisfaction
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Ecclesiastes 510
Those who love money will never have enough. How
absurd to think that wealth brings true
happiness!
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The antidote to coveting is contentment
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Philippians 411-13
11 I am not complaining about having too little.
I have learned to be satisfied with whatever I
have.
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Philippians 411-13
12 I know what it is to be poor or to have
plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of
conditions. I know what it means to be full or to
be hungry, to have too much or too little.
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Philippians 411-13
13 Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
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Contentment is not related to our circumstances
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ways to conquer coveting
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resist comparing myself to others
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Comparing always leads to coveting
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2 Corinthians 1012
Of course we would not dare classify ourselves or
compare ourselves with those who rate themselves
so highly. How stupid they are! They make up
their own standards to measure themselves by, and
they judge themselves by their own standards!
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1 Timothy 69
People who want to be rich fall into all
sorts of temptations and traps. They are
caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag
them down and destroy them.
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Proverbs 1430
Its healthy to be content, but envy can eat you
up.
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rejoice in what I do
have
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Ecclesiastes 519
And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God
and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your
work and accept your lot in life that is indeed
a gift from God.
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Happiness is not getting whatever you want, it is
enjoying whatever you have.
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Ecclesiastes 69
Its better to enjoy what we have than to always
want something else, because that makes no more
sense than chasing the wind.
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release what I have to help others
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1 Timothy 617-19
17 Tell those who are rich not to be proud and
not to trust in their money, which will soon be
gone, but their pride and trust should be in the
living God who always richly gives us all we need
for our enjoyment.
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1 Timothy 617-19
18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They
should be rich in good works and should give
happily to those in need, always being ready to
share with others whatever God has given them.
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1 Timothy 617-19
19 By doing this they will be storing up real
treasure for themselves in heaven it is the
only safe investment for eternity! And they will
be living a fruitful Christian life down here as
well.
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Materialism is an attitude, not an amount
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Acts 2035
Remember that our Lord Jesus said, More
blessings come from giving than from
receiving.
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refocus on what is going to last
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2 Corinthians 418
For we fix our attention, not on things that are
seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be
seen lasts only for a time but what cannot be
seen lasts forever.
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Luke 1215
Then he said, Beware! Dont be greedy for what
you dont have. Real life is not measured by how
much we own.
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Is my lifestyle going to be determined by culture
or by Christ?
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Psalm 274
The one thing I ask of the Lord the
thing I seek most is to live in the house of
the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in
the Lords perfections and meditating in his
Temple.
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Habit 10 Discover Real Contentment
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